Mounting device for pictures



Feb. 3, 1931. a; F. LARTZ 1,791,098

" MOUNTING DEVICE Eon PICTURES Filedllarch so. 1928 fieoryefliwlz'Patented Feb. 3, 1931 PATENT OFFEE GEORGE I. LARTZ, 0F MORTON GROVE,ILLINOIS MOUNTING DEVICE FOR PICTURES Application filed March 30, 1928.Serial No. 265,914.

This invention relates to improvements in mounting devices for cards,photographs, pictures and the like, and one of the objects of theinvention is to provide an improved mounting device of this characterformed from a single piece of material, preferably ready gummed, soshaped that in folding the same it becomes a pocket adapted to besecured to any surface, and into which pocket the corner of a card orpicture is adapted to be inserted, and by means of which the card orpicture will be lightly but firmly held in position.

A further object is to provide an improved mounting pocket of thischaracter, portions of which may be embossed as desired forornamentation and which may as Well be printed in colors or otherwiseartistically decorated to present a pleasing appearance To theattainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and usefulob jects as will appear, the invention consists in the features ofnovelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangementof the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed andshown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mounting device of thischaracter constructed in accordance with the principles of thisinvention, showing the same applied to a mount-- ing surface andindicating in dotted lines one corner of a card or picture insertedtherein.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the blank from which the device shown inFigure 1 is formed.

Figure 3 is a view of the blank partially folded.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the blank completely folded.

Figure 5 isa top plan View of a blank for another form of pocket.

Figure 6 is a view showing the blank of Figure 5 partially folded.

Figure 7 is a top plan View of the completely folded blank.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and to the form of theinvention shown in Figures 1 to 4, the blank consists essentially Theportions 1112 (see Figure 2) are respectively folded back upon the bodyportion 10 along thelines 15 and 16 as shown more clearly in Figure 3,in the inverted form and then the portions 11-12 are bent back uponthemselves respectively along the lines 17- 18, to form portions 19 and20 that are adapted to be secured to a mounting surface 21. When thusfolded the portion 10 will constitute the front wall of the pocket whilethe portions formed respectively between the lines or edges 15 17 and1618 constitute the rear wallfof the pocket. This rear wall extendspreferably for a considerable distance beyond the top edge 13 of thefront wall of the pocket and theedges 17 and 18 terminat-e short of eachother or in close proximity thereto as shown in Figure 4.

By providing a rear wall to the pocket which is divided it will bemanifest that the rear wall may. be slightly separated so as tocompensate varying sizes of card corners to be inserted nto the pocket.

' Obviously the front face of the front wall of the pocket may beembossed or suitably ornamented.

In the form, of the invention shown in :Figure 5, the body 22 is foldedalongv the lines 232 4; to produceia front wall 25 for the pocket, theupper edgeof this wall being suitably shaped as at 26. The portions 27of the body beyond the folded edges 23-24 constitute the back wall ofthe pocket and the extremities 28 of the portions 27 are folded alongthe lines 29 back upon the portions 27 so that the gummed surfaces ofthe portions 28 will be presented to the mounting surface 21 to besecured thereto. The edges 30 of the portions 27 will be disposed inclose proximity to each other to form a divided rear wall for the pocketand the portions 27 may project for any desired distance beyond the topedge 26 of the front wall 25.

While the preferred forms of the invention have been herein shown anddescribed, it is to be understood that various changes may be made inthe details of construction and in the combination and arrangement ofthe several parts within the scope of the claims, without departing fromthe spirit of this in vention.

What is claimed as new is 1. A mounting device of the characterdescribed comprising a body formed from a single piece of materialcomparatively long with relation to its width and having one gummedface, portions of the body on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerbeing folded towards each other and back upon the same face of the bodyto provide a pocket, the bottom wall of the pocket extending for aconsiderable distance beyond the inner edge of the opposite side of thepocket, the said extended portions being folded back upon themselves andaway from each other to form flaps presenting their gummed faces to'amounting surface and with the edges of the blank formed by the lastrecited fold in close proximity to each other.

2. A mounting device of the character described comprising a. bodyformed from a single piece of material comparatively long with relationto its width and having one 'ummed face, the ends of the material beingfolded back upon the same face of the body to bring the gummed portionsof said face in proximity and to provide a pocket, the bottom wall ofthe pocket extending for a considerable distance beyond the inner edgeof the opposite wall of the pocket, the adjacent edges of the saidfolded back portions being disposed in close proximity to and beingsubstantially parallel with each other and intersecting the pockettransversely of the body portion the extremities of said folded portionsbeing bent back upon themselves and against the same face of the pocketto present the gummed surfaces of the said extremities to a mountingsurface.

3. A mounting device of the character described comprising a body formedfrom a single piece of material comparatively long with relation to itswidth, portions of the material on opposite sides of a longitudinalcentral point being bent back upon the body transversely thereof andtowards said central point to form a pocket the bottom wall of whichextends beyond the inner edge of the front wall, portions of theextended wall being bent back upon themselves and against the same faceof the pocket wall to provide anchoring flaps disposed behind the rearwall of the pocket.

4. A mounting device of the character described comprising a body formedfrom a single piece of material comparatively long with relation to itswidth, portions of the material on opposite sides of a longitudinalcentral point being bent back upon the same surface of the body andtowards said central point to form a pocket, the bottom wall of whichextends beyond the inner edge of the front Wall, the proximate edges ofthe portions forming the bottom wall of the pocket being disposed inproximity to each other to provide a divided wall intermediate the endsof the pocket, portions of the extended wall being bent back uponthemselves and againstthe same face of the pocket wall to provideanchoring flaps disposed behind the bottom wall of the pocket.

5. A mounting device of the character described comprising .a bodyformed from a single piece of material comparatively long with relationto its width, portions of the body on opposite sides of the longitudinalcenter being folded towards each other and back upon the same surface ofthe body to provide a pocket, the bottom wall of the pocket extendingfor a considerable distance beyond the inner edge of the opposite wallof the pocket, the said extended portions being folded back uponthemselves and against the same face of the pocket wall and away fromeach other to form flaps presenting their gummed faces to a. mountingsurface.

In testimony whereof I have slgned In name to this specification, onthis 24th day of March, A. D. 1928.

' GEORGE F. LARTZ.

